[2011 Oct] NY organ trafficker admits buying
kidneys in Israel for $10,000... and selling them in U.S. for $120,000 anthropologist
and organ trade expert Nancy Scheper-Hughes, who described Israel as a
'pariah' in the organ transplant world, has said in the past that many of the
donors were desperately poor immigrants from eastern European countries such as
Moldova, Romania and Russia. They say the recipients are leading healthy
lives thanks to Rosenbaum.....The probe led to 46 arrests, including several
rabbis, the New York Daily News reports......Prosecutors said he bought the
organs from vulnerable people in Israel for as little as $10,000, then sold them
here for a minimum of $120,000.